When one person has close connections to their family, their family’s perspective may make up a huge portion of their own opinions.
Your partner may find it difficult to make their own decisions until they’ve run it by their family to hear their perspective on a matter and then be swayed by their family’s opinion.
This may work for someone who is single, but once in a relationship, the partner needs to take on board their partner’s perspective.
Sometimes, the partner may allow their family’s opinions to override what their partner needs.
This puts one partner in the middle defending their family to their partner with the partner pulling away emotionally and physically because their partner makes their family’s opinions a priority leaving them feeling unheard and not valued.
It is not a good idea to allow your family to have so much power over your relationship decisions. Your partner needs to feel a priority and validated. When one person takes the side of their family, the partner loses trust in their partner because they don’t feel their partner has their back.
A couple needs to make important decisions together as a team.
It’s OK to see your family’s perspective on a matter, however, it is important that you and your partner agree on the final decision of a matter.
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